A Case of Cavitary Mycobacterium chimaera

Mycobacterium chimaera is a nontuberculous mycobacterium typically associated with heater-cooler units used in cardiac bypass procedures and is usually of low virulence. Here we present a patient with advanced Mycobacterium chimaera infection without typical risk factors.

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Autores principales: Robinson, Bracha, Chaudhri, Moiuz, Miskoff, Jeffrey A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9385214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35989822
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26984
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spelling pubmed-93852142022-08-19 A Case of Cavitary Mycobacterium chimaera Robinson, Bracha Chaudhri, Moiuz Miskoff, Jeffrey A Cureus Internal Medicine Mycobacterium chimaera is a nontuberculous mycobacterium typically associated with heater-cooler units used in cardiac bypass procedures and is usually of low virulence. Here we present a patient with advanced Mycobacterium chimaera infection without typical risk factors. Cureus 2022-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9385214/ /pubmed/35989822 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26984 Text en Copyright © 2022, Robinson et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9385214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35989822
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